The Turned Head
The Turned Head is a farce in one act by Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811-1856)[1].
Contents
The original text
First performed in the Victoria Theatre, London on 3 November, 1834. Also done at the Strand Theatre London and the National Theatre Boston (in 1839). Published in London in Cumberland Minor Drama, vol. xiii; Dicks as No 338 and Lacy no LXVII, and in Boston as no 101 in Spencers Boston Theatre.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1863: Performed by Thomas Brazier and a company of amateurs in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 24 October, as an afterpiece to Still Waters Run Deep (Taylor).
1867: Performed as The Turned Head in Mr Ferguson's Saloon, in the Swiss Hotel, Plein Street, Cape Town, by the Young Men's Dramatic Company on 29th June, with Love in Humble Life (Scribe and Dupin).
Sources
Facsimile version of the Spencer edition, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006959323
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900, Volume 4: p249[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Abbott_%C3%A0_Beckett
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 271
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